Alexis Krasilovsky studied art history at the University of Florence, Italy and graduated with honors from Yale University after making the film "End of the Art World" (1971), featuring Andy Warhol, Bob Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, which was recently restored by a National Film Preservation Foundation award. She was also part of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
After receiving an MFA at CalArts in Film/Video, Krasilovsky became an award-winning filmmaker, writer and holographer. Her work has been exhibited at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris; the Museums of Modern Art in New York, Istanbul and Buenos Aires; and the Museum of Neon Art and Plan-d Gallery in Los Angeles. Her film work is also in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Art Gallery of Ontario Library, the School of Visual Arts, and many universities.
Alexis Krasilovsky's photography was first exhibited as part of the "He Show" in New York City in 1971. Her recent photocollages have appeared in Amaranth, Chant de la Sirène, Route 7 Review, Sonic Boom, and The Weird Times, as well as in her book, Watermelon Linguistics: New and Selected Poems (Cyberwit: India – finalist, 2022 International Book Awards); her photocollage, "The Techno-Ragers," won 2nd place in The Artists Forum Photography Competition in July 2024. The photocollages that she made while isolated during the pandemic became the experimental poetry film, "The Parking Lot of Dreams" (2021), which won several awards and screened in over a dozen festivals around the world. She also gave a Zoom workshop in crafting videopoetry at Hunan Normal University, China in 2023, in addition to serving as Professor in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University, Northridge from 1987 to 2022.
Retrospectives of Alexis Krasilovsky's work have been held at the Whitney Museum (1972), the Theatre Vanguard in L.A. (1976), Film Forum in New York(1984), Canyon Cinematheque in San Francisco (1986), the DocFilm Festival in Gdansk, Poland (2011), and the Film-Makers' Coop in New York City and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (2024).
See http://www.alexiskrasilovsky.com for more.
Museum of Modern Art | New York | film |
Whitney Museum of American Art | New York | film |
National Gallery of Art (streaming) | Washington DC | film |
Traction Gallery | Los Angeles | film |
"Cinemasterpieces" Brooks Museum | Memphis, Tn | film |
Museum of Modern Art | Istanbul | film |
Academy of Fine Arts | Gdansk, Poland | film |
Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam | film |
"Arte Americana: 1930-1970" | Torino, Italy | film |
The Museum of Holography | New York | hologram |
The Museum of Holography | Paris | hologram |
The Georges Pompidou Center | Paris | hologram |
The Museum of Neon Art | Los Angeles | hologram |
Wild Heart Gallery (on-line) | Cochella Valley | photocollage |
"Visibility" Otis Art Institute | Los Angeles | painting |
"Art Systems" Museum of Modern Art | Buenos Aires | concrete poetry |
"Gate of Freedom Award" | Gdansk Festival (Poland) |
"Tribute Award" | San Francisco Women's Film Festival "Best Documentary Feature" |
"Best Documentary Feature" | Paris Independent Film Festival (France) |
"Best Original Concept Award" | Jane Austen International Film Festival (UK) |
"Outstanding Achievement Award" | Black Swan International Film Festival (India) |
"Best Mobile Film" | Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards (India) |
"Best Mobile Film" | World Film Carnival (Singapore) |
"Best 1-Minute Film" | Filmzen International Competition (Paris, France) |
"Free Speech Award" | Druk International Film Festival (Bhutan) |
"Free Speech Award" | Gangtok International Film Festival (Sikkim) |
"Best Documentary Feature" | Female Eye Film Festival (Canada) |
"Best International Documentary" | Women of the World Festival (Australia) |
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
30" X 30"; framed 38.5" X 38.5"
Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
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Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
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Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
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Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
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Canson fine art printed on BPK Rives paper, framed with UV Plexi
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"Childbirth Dream," a 360° holographic stereogram by Alexis Krasilovsky, premiered at the Athens Film Festival, April 25-May 4, 1980. It was exhibited at the Museum of Holography, New York in 1980; the Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, 1982-83; and the Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France in 1980-81, where Liberation called reviewed it as "une exclusivité." Krasilovsky has described it as a "pro-choice" image. The piece was co-produced by the Cabin Creek Center for Work and Environmental Studies, the artist and Michael Hamilton.
Credits: The mother is Jill Friedman; the animated infant is a rendering of Friedman's daughter Sarah. Camera direction and animation was by Alexis Krasilovsky with mastering by the Holographic Film Co., New York. Assistance was provided by Mary Halawani, Reseda Mickey, Vicki Rosenwald and Daniel Esterman.
"Created & Consumed by Light" 360 degree Integral Hologram (from 35mm motion picture film), 1976. Directed by Alexis Krasilovsky, co-produced with Rufus Friedman, starring Siew-Hwa Beh. Exhibited in the Seoul International Computer Art Festival 1992, Korea Exhibition Center; and the Milo City Project, Computer Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan, December 1991.
"This holographic movie sequence deals with the subject of light, a familiar reference for holographic artists working in all processes of the medium. Interesting innovations were incorporated into the filming of this work, such as the use of pan and zoom techniques as well as optical overlaps and dissolves not previously applied to filming for holographic movies because of the difficulty in translating these essentially flat techniques to a dimensional medium" - The Museum of Holography, New York
Stills are available from Alexis Krasilovsky's film "End of the Art World" (1971), which was recently restored by a National Film Preservation Foundation award to the Yale Film Archives. Please contact the filmmaker for more information regarding stills; for information about the 16mm film, contact the distributor Canyon Cinema or Yale Film Archives.